Los Alamitos finished its 12-day summer meeting on Sunday with a gain in average all-sources handle over the 2017 meet, according to a track statement, though comparisons with the corresponding meeting last year are difficult to make.
The 36-day summer party at Del Mar begins Wednesday. For many fans, the seven-week meeting, which lasts through Labor Day, is the highlight of the racing year – a chance to escape to the beach in northern San Diego County for top-class racing and an atmosphere unlike any other venue in the United States.
Total handle on sports in the state of New Jersey in June was $16.4 million, according to the state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement, with more than half of that money bet at the sportsbook at Monmouth Park.
Voting members of the Breeders’ Cup have re-elected four board members and selected three new board members, the Breeders’ Cup said Thursday.
AmTote, the bet-processing company owned by The Stronach Group, has reached an agreement with an international sports-data company in order to offer U.S. customers the ability to offer fixed-odds sports betting, the two companies announced on Wednesday.
Churchill Downs Inc. has cancelled a plan to buy a casino in Mississippi from El Dorado Resorts Inc. after federal anti-trust regulators requested additional information on the purchase.
A gubernatorial candidate in Kentucky has come out in support of casino gambling in the state, resurrecting an old issue that has never gained full traction in the legislature despite longtime racing industry support for slot machines at racetracks.
All-sources handle on Saturday’s Stars & Stripes card at Belmont Park was $24,612,465, the highest in the five-year history of the event.
This year’s post-position draw for the two-day Breeders’ Cup event in November at Churchill Downs in Louisville will be held at Equestricon, the fan convention that is scheduled to run the week prior to the Breeders’ Cup in Louisville.
Wagering on races held at U.S. racetracks during the second quarter of 2018 was up 4.76 percent despite a drop of nearly 2.1 percent in the number of races held, according to figures released Thursday by Equibase. The latest uptick follows a 6.2 percent increase in wagering during the first quarter, which was the best three-month showing for handle figures in the economically challenged racing industry for some time.
